Información sobre riesgo, prevención, detección, síntomas, diagnosis, tratamiento y apoyo para el cáncer.
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OncoLink se complace en ofrecer una amplia lista de lista completa de los agentes quimioterapéuticos más comúnmente usados??. Esta guía de referencia incluye información sobre la forma en que cada fármaco se administra, cómo funcionan, y los pacientes los efectos secundarios comunes pueden experimentar.
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Tipos de Cancer / Cánceres Gastrointestinal / Cáncer Gástrico
What is the stomach? Gastric cancer is cancer of the stomach. The stomach is the organ that holds and stores food. It is located just underneath (deep to) the lower portion of the rib cage on the left side. It is connected to the mouth and throat by the esophagus. The stomach contains acid and is quite muscular. Due to the motion of the stomach and the acid, quite a bit of digestion takes place in the stomach. The partially digested food is then emptied into the small intestine so that absorption of the nutrients from food can take place. Although the stomach obviously cannot be directly visualized, it can be seen via an endoscopy procedure using a fiber-optic camera (see below). What is gastric cancer? The definition of a tumor is a mass of quickly and abnormally growing cells. Tumors can be either benign or malignant. Benign tumors have uncontrolled cell growth, but without any ... read more on Gastric Cancer: The Basics
NCI CANCERLIT® Search: Diagnosis-Histopathology-Pathogenesis of Gastric Cancer - October 2001
Prodigiosin induces cell death and morphological changes indicative of apoptosis in gastric cancer cell line HGT-1. A prospective correlation of Lauren's histological classification of stomach cancer with clinicopathological findings...
NCI CANCERLIT® Search: Diagnosis-Histopathology-Pathogenesis of Gastric Cancer - September 2001
Table of ContentsHydro-dynamic CT preoperative staging of gastric cancer: correlation with pathological findings. A prospective study of 107 cases.Molecular cloning of a tumor-associated antigen recognized by monoclonal antibody 3H11.Search...
NCI CANCERLIT® Search: Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor - October 2001
Indications for a neuroendocrine tumor-carcinoma sequence. Angiogenic polypoid proliferation adjacent to ileal carcinoid tumors: a nonspecific finding related to mucosal prolapse. Accumulation of beta-catenin protein and mutations in exon 3 of ...
Somatostatin analogues effective against type II gastric carcinoid tumors
WESTPORT, Aug 24 (Reuters Health) - Type II gastric carcinoid tumors regressed in three patients treated with a somatostatin analogue, according to a report in the August 24th issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Cyclosporine (Neoral®, Sandimmune®, Restasis®, Gengraf®)
Cytarabine (Cytosar-U®, Ara-C)
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Calcium Leucovorin, Citrovorum Factor, Folinic Acid
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Busulfan (Myleran®, Busulfex®)
Intravesicular Mitomycin (Mutamycin®, Mitomycin-C, given into the bladder)
Mechlorethamine (Mustargen®, Nitrogen Mustard)
mechlorethamine, mustine, Mustargen®
Megestrol (Megace®, Megace-ES®)
Mercaptopurine (Purinethol®, 6-MP)
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